This retreat is for you regardless of your experience with meditation – suitable for beginners to experienced practitioners.
RETREAT DESCRIPTION
“REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE” arises from a wish to offer an intentionally curated container, where Silence, Nature, Mindfulness & Insight meditation and Yoga facilitate the arising of a deep wisdom of our core beingness.
My intention is to hold space for you to embark on a journey of remembering who we are beyond all the conditionings, habits, mental constructs we carry.
Throughout these 3 full days you will be guided into seated meditation practice, supported by silence, asana, pranayama and attunement with Nature. On the last day, you’ll be asked to engage with fellow participants again following invitations for rooted connections and explore how to integrate what you’ve cultivated during the retreat into your daily life.
An intentional & safe container for your spiritual practice
Food will be served and logistics will be taken care of so you can just focus on the practices and enjoying the natural surroundings where you can take walks and contemplative sittings outdoors. You’ll also be invited to the practice of journaling.
My wish is that you can fully immerse into this inner work and resource yourself by taking a pause from the demands of daily life.
I invite you to see this retreat as an intentional container that can facilitate your immersion into Sādhanā, a sanskrit word often translated as spiritual practice / discipline. A dedicated and consistent practice undertaken with the aim of spiritual growth and inner transformation. My intention is to host this retreat in a way that it becomes beneficial to your already established Sādhanā or to support you establish one. And that you become inspired and motivated to bring the practice home.
Primary focus on Mindfulness & Insight Meditation supported by Noble Silence, Yoga Asana and Pranayama
Two and a half days of silence and continual mindfulness practice will support you to:
∞ Establish/deepen a meditation practice aimed at learning how to inhabit the present moment and access the aliveness and stillness that are already within
∞ Find a reliable anchor to cultivate presence
∞ Befriend the mind / stop fighting mind wandering
∞ Resource through curiosity and kindness
∞ Gain mindfulness tools for daily life
∞ Integration of body, breath & mind
∞ Extra support for seated meditation practice with asana and pranayama
What I offer as a teacher is rooted in what I continue to explore as a practitioner and I have benefited deeply from retreats where silence is practiced. And there is a reason why so many retreats (for lay people & monastics) from different traditions are held in silence. So during Friday, Saturday and part of Sunday, the invitation is to practice “Noble Silence”: silence of body, word and mind, which means not engaging in communication with others and restraining also from actively choosing to entertain one’s mind.
This doesn’t mean that you can’t communicate if you have any special need (logistical question/concerns) and also there will be a space each day for questions about the meditation techniques and the other practices.
Practicing silence is foremost an invitation to reduce as much as possible the interaction with others to support the inner focus.
Invitations for rooted connection
On the last day you’ll be invited into different dynamics for nourishing rooted connections with your retreat companions. Practice interacting from an established connection with yourself. Which can also support you to practice how to bring mindfulness into your relationships and daily life.
Schedule Overview
See below an example of the last retreat hosted in November 2025:
Day 0: welcoming circle, venue tour, dinner and a short meditation practice.
Day 1 & 2: share the same schedule and on both days we will practice “noble silence” where all participants are asked to remain silent throughout unless there is any logistic/urgent question. Only within the times for questions around the meditation technique will you be actively invited to speak.
We will have: Morning yoga practice (asana and pranayama) ** Short meditation practice Breakfast Meditation practice period *** Lunch Rest / individual time Meditation practice period Sunset yoga Dinner Meditation practice
Day 3: Morning yoga practice (asana and pranayama) Short meditation practice Breakfast End of “noble silence” with invitations for rooted connection (through different group dynamics) Lunch Mindfulness in daily life session Closing session
(*) Bear in mind that the schedule might vary. (**) All yoga asana practice will be beginner friendly, no need for previous experience. (***) There will be short breaks in between the meditation practices
Contact with the “outside world”
Retreat participants must remain in the venue for the whole duration of the retreat.
You must hand in your phone on the first day of the retreat (upon arrival you can share my contact with your family members/anyone else in case they have to contact you due to an emergency). Your phone will be securely kept and handed back to you on the last day.
Music & Books
Listening to music / reading books isn’t allowed. This is highly beneficial to make the most out of what will be taught in the retreat. We want to avoid any “distractions”/engagement with anything outside of the retreat content.
Journaling
You are invited to bring a notebook and pen if you would like to take notes. Journaling prompts will be shared at designated moments during the retreat.
Accommodation & Price
To be defined
For any queries, drop me an email at: hello@danielatablado.org
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